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Senior Design Manager

🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Lead all phases of design coordination, construction project management, and procurement for luxury retail and corporate offices in Canada. Manage budgets, coordinate with cross-functional teams, and ensure brand image standards are maintained across all sites.

Hybrid$125,000 - $135,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer

Remote (🇲🇽 Mexico)

Lead the design of Fountain’s CRM product from discovery through delivery, focusing on creating user-driven product experiences. Conduct user research to understand user needs and collaborate with product managers and engineers to deliver impactful features.

RemoteFull-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer

🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico

Design and evolve digital products from exploration to delivery, ensuring alignment between business vision and user needs. Create and maintain Design Systems, UI Kits, and high-fidelity prototypes while conducting UX research and usability tests.

HybridFull-timeSenior
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Senior Graphic Designer

🇺🇸 Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America

The Senior Graphic Designer leads the design and production of the Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly magazine and manages major design projects from concept to completion. They also provide creative direction and collaborate with internal teams to translate strategic needs into effective visual solutions.

Onsite$62,000 - $62,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior UX Designer

🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

The Senior UX Designer will lead the end-to-end design of key products within Later's marketing and social analytics ecosystem. They will be responsible for shaping scalable, intuitive, and highly functional user experiences for brands, creators, and internal stakeholders.

Hybrid$145,000 - $165,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior UX Designer

🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

The Senior UX Designer will lead the end-to-end design of key products within Later's marketing and social analytics ecosystem. They will be responsible for shaping scalable, intuitive, and highly functional user experiences for tools used by brands, creators, and internal stakeholders.

Hybrid$145,000 - $165,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Visual Designer, Android XR

🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America

Lead design projects for XR devices by developing user-centric solutions and documenting scalable design systems. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to envision, prototype, and execute high-quality visual experiences.

Onsite$159,000 - $231,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Design Manager /Architect in Bangalore

🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India

The Senior Design Manager will lead and mentor a team of young designers, ensuring high-quality outputs while maintaining design standards. Responsibilities include designing, planning, coordinating with professionals, and overseeing architectural work.

Onsite$60,000 - $100,000Full-timeSenior
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Product Designer (UX/UI)

🇳🇱 Veghel, North Brabant, Netherlands

As a Product Designer, you will be responsible for the design process from exploration to validation. You will collaborate with a Senior Product Designer to align user goals with business objectives and validate designs through surveys and usability tests.

Hybrid$3,900 - $5,100Full-timeJunior
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Senior Product Designer (UI/UX) - AI Security

🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv District, Israel

The Product Designer will own the design domain, shaping and refining feature experiences with a focus on detail and quality. They will work closely with product stakeholders to deliver high-quality work and ensure design consistency.

Full-timeMid-level
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Senior Graphic Designer

🇿🇦 Cape Town, City of Cape Town, South Africa

The Senior Graphic Designer will conceptualize and execute creative campaigns aligned with business and marketing objectives, focusing on event collateral and brand consistency. They will manage multiple projects while collaborating with marketing stakeholders in a fast-paced global environment.

HybridFull-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer (Clinical Education Platform)

🇲🇦 85450 Tandilte, Morocco

The Senior Product Designer will shape the future of clinical education on Fullscript Academy by designing experiences that help providers understand and retain clinical knowledge. They will lead UX research and testing to validate ideas and refine solutions in a fast-moving environment.

$115,000 - $145,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer, Design Systems & Platform

🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America

The Senior Product Designer will develop and extend design systems across platforms, build cross-product workflows, and design AI tooling and interfaces. This role involves owning the design system, prototyping experiences, and collaborating closely with engineering.

Hybrid$190,000 - $205,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Visual Designer, Android XR

🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America

Lead design projects across the portfolio of XR devices and experiences, developing user-centric solutions. Communicate designs to build excitement and consensus across teams, and gain support for design strategy across stakeholders.

Onsite$159,000 - $231,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Visual Designer, Android XR

🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America

Lead design projects across the portfolio of XR devices and experiences, developing user-centric solutions. Communicate designs to build excitement and consensus across teams, and gain support for design strategy across stakeholders.

Onsite$159,000 - $231,000Full-timeSenior
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About Design Leadership careers

Design leaders in 2026 set the strategic vision for design organizations navigating an AI-saturated market. This role requires a balance of craft expertise and high-level business acumen to advocate for design's value at the executive level.

Effective leaders foster a culture of technical agency, establishing systems that allow human creativity and machine efficiency to coexist.

Companies like Stripe and Airbnb seek VPs and Directors of Design who can scale teams and align design strategy with long-term business objectives.

We feature senior leadership positions including Design Directors, Heads of Design, VP of Design, Chief Design Officers, and design team leads at companies like Meta, Google, Airbnb, Stripe, and fast-growing AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. These roles span product design, brand, and cross-functional design organizations.

Many companies offer remote design leadership roles, including distributed-first companies like Notion, Linear, GitLab, and Vercel. AI companies like Midjourney and Anthropic also hire remote design leaders. Some companies prefer hybrid arrangements for VP+ positions.

Most positions require 8–15+ years of design experience with 3–5+ years managing teams. Strong candidates demonstrate strategic thinking, team building, stakeholder management, and a track record of shipping successful products at companies like Figma, Spotify, Netflix, or emerging AI startups. Browse leadership portfolios to see how experienced designers showcase their impact.

Design leadership salaries are highly competitive: Design Directors earn $160k–$240k, VPs of Design $220k–$350k+, and CDOs at major companies can exceed $400k with significant equity packages. AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Databricks often offer premium total compensation. Consult our salary guide for detailed breakdowns.